The manager of an Iowa fast food restaurant lost her job after a customer posted pictures of the woman making food in the kitchen while sweaty and barefoot from mowing the lawn.

The Des Moines Register reports 31-year-old Melinda Halvorsen was fired from the Taco John's restaurant in Charles City in August.

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Danielle Tiesmessen posted the picture to Facebook.

Tiesmessen said she was in a Charles City Taco John's when she saw Halvorsen enter the food preparation area with no shoes, gloves or uniform.

'This is in Charles City Iowa Taco John’s!! This woman was preparing food with bare feet, no uniform, her bra and chest hanging out all over the place, she was pouring sweat, wiping it off with her hands and not washing them.

'I asked for the manager — she WAS the manager!! She was extremely rude because I was upset with her appearance and behavior,' Tiesmessen posted.

Halvorsen recently lost her appeal to collect unemployment benefits because officials ruled she violated health codes and hurt the restaurant's business.

Franchise owner Linda Johnson says business has declined more than 25 percent since the Aug. 8 incident.

The customer's photo showed Halvorsen came right into the kitchen after mowing the lawn and prepared food.

Johnson says security footage showed that Halvorsen also didn't' pay for the food she made for herself and her friends that day.